Nick Castle

It can become a symbol of how we live our lives. Unfortunately for Sir Gawain, after failing the Green Knight’s test, he views himself as and coward and a greedy mortal saying “This band and the nick on my neck are one and the same, the blame and the loss I suffered for the cowardice, the greed, that came to my soul” (2506-2508). After accepting the girdle and flenching when the Green Knight struck him, Gawain realizes that he is only responding…

could obtain the past, but it has already been left behind. He lost his chance to take hold of his dream and keep hold of it and we know this, we feel sad for him because he doesn’t understand that it can’t be the same, it never will be again. When Nick says, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (180), Gatsby is always going to be stuck in the past and will continuously be taken back mentally. Gatsby’s past has continued to elude us, it forever will,…

figure to the narrative, the novel by a young businessman Nick. The use a perfect form to tell the readers the disillusionment of the American dream, the story is about a young man because he have no money lost love, and unscrupulous get money, to retrieve the lost love, the result is with its life in exchange for the only moments of love, the hero of the novel is considered to be a microcosm of society at that time, all the good things are castles in the air, the American dream is just an…

The ‘Right to Privacy” or in other words the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution is something cherished by almost all Americans. This amendment clearly states that in order for us, the people, to be protected as our right to privacy, the constitution guarantees the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. It gives the right for the government not to pry into our personal life. It allows us to live our own, personal life that we choose too. However; many people…

1. Before evening reading the story just by the title I figure it would be about something happening in the summer but they thinking it was a dream. 2. The genre of the story is fantasy fiction. romance, comedy, and farce 3. The exposition of the story is, Theseus and Hippolyta, both noble and wealthy, are preparing for their wedding, and all is swell. Characters Hermia and Lysander are in love, but another male named Demetrius loves Hermia. Another girl named Helena is all alone. Rising…

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain is described as a perfect embodiment of Solomon’s Pentangle. Before Sir Gawain rides off to receive the Green Knight’s blow, he has the Pentangle painted onto his shield. All five points of the pentangle on Sir Gawain’s shield symbolize a virtue of a perfect knight. They are the Five senses/wits, the five fingers, the five wounds of Christ, the five joys of Mary, and the 5 virtues; generosity, sociability, courtesy, piety and purity. Many critics…

Cultural values of a community reflects the protagonists of literary works through their actions and beliefs. From the Early to the Late Middle Ages, some deplorable and splendid features persist throughout this era. Moreover, Sir Gawain and Beowulf, embark on quests that illustrate their era’s ideals. More specifically, both protagonists demonstrate honorable qualities as well as fraudulent characteristics in accordance with the paradigms of the peoples they represent. Although the quests in…

continues, other rulers are ascending around Hrothgar’s kingdom. As a peace offering, the neighboring territory provides a young female by the name of Wealtheow to Hrothgar. Grendel’s first impression of Wealtheow showed his affection by not attacking the castle for a period of time. However, Grendel’s emotional attachment overcomes him, resulting in an almost catastrophic death of the female peacekeeper, Wealtheow, in which he says “I would begin by holding her over the fire and cooking the…

Shake & stirs adaptation of Dracula followed the plot of the original novel by Bram Stoker. Throughout the performance, Michael Futcher’s directorial choices regarding the elements of drama, acting skills and the gothic style made for a mostly effective creation and portrayal of the dramatic meaning, that there is evil in everything and everyone, and we fear it. The effectiveness dramatic meaning was conveyed through the successfulness of the dramatic action. The directorial choices by Michael…

Plague doctor When the Black Death began to spread across Europe and parts of Asia, the search for cures and treatments became desperate. After multiple bouts of plague across decades by 1656, plague doctors became notorious for their foreboding wardrobe. They often wore long leather suits, glasses, a pointed mask that looked like that of a birds’ head or beak, and finally, a long pointed cane or stick was held to keep the infected at “safe” a distance (Link 1). These physicians were…